The Shirestone Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.66 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Shirestone Academy is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
The Shirestone Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.66 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 6 December 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham, 1 is Outstanding, 5 are Good and 2 have no current grade.
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.66 miles away, further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Shirestone Road, Tile Cross, Birmingham, B33 0DH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, their parents and carers, and school staff talk about being part of ‘one big family’ at Shirestone Academy.”
- “Parents speak positively about the care and support their children receive at school.”
- “Pupils are happy, feel safe and simply love coming to school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 87% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 0.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gossey Lane Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- Lift Lea Forest 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hillstone Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Elms Farm Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Oval School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published